SISTER CHURCHES IN MORE WAYS THAN ONE

SISTER CHURCHES IN MORE WAYS THAN ONE In 1995, a rebellious faction of six bishops formed within the synod of the Genuine Orthodox Christians of Greece, under

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SISTER
CHURCHES IN MORE WAYS THAN ONE

In
1995, a rebellious faction of six bishops formed within the synod of
the Genuine Orthodox Christians of Greece, under Archbishop
Chrysostomos and separated itself over what they claimed to be
canonical infractions. These false charges were brought forth in
order to avoid the impending trial of Metropolitan Euthymios
(Orphanos) of Thessaloniki, who had been charged with moral
infractions. The other charge had to do with the election of the
notorious Bishop Vikentios (Malamatenios) of Avlona (fornerly of
Astoria, N. Y.) as Metropolitan of Piraeus.

The
six Hierarchs who left were Ephthimios, of Thessaloniki, Kallinikos
of Lamia, Stefanos of Chios, Ioustinos of Evripos, Vikentios of
Avlona and Paisios of America. The group was headed by Metropolitan
Kallinikos of Lamia and was commonly known as the Lamian
Synod .

The
six hierarchs were defrocked on July 12/25, 1995 because of their
schism from the Holy Synod. Euthimios of Thessaloniki was found guilty of immoral acts on 13/26 July, 1995 and was ordered to be
confined to the Monastery of St. Iakovos, the Brother of the Lord and
not to receive Holy Communion for 15 years.

By
early 1996, the movement had fragmented into three groups. The first
group, Stefanos of Chios and Ioustinos of Evripos, repented their
schismatic actions and were reconciled with the Holy Synod of
Archbishop Chrysostomos. The second group, Paisios of America and
Vikentios of Avlona, renounced the Faith and submitted to the
Ecumenical Patiarchate. Later they became fugitives from American
justice. The third group was made up of Euthimios, of Thessaloniki,
and Kallinikos of Lamia.

in
1996, Kallinikos of Lamia and Euthymios of Thessaloniki proceeded to
ordain five titular bishops in an
attempt to create a new synod. In 2004, this synod finally decided to
elect a primate, and elected Makarios (Kavakides) of Athens. A good
deal of their membership was then lost, as many realized what really
motivated the schism and returned to the Holy Synod of the Genuine
Orthodox Christians of Greece..

In
2007 the Lamian Synod ordained Archimandrite Nectarios (Yashunsky)
from St. Petersburg as Bishop of Olympus. He served as the
administrator of two parishes in Russia. When these two parishes
collapsed Bishop Nektarios returned to Greece.

Bishop
Nektarios, as an Archimandrite, introduced the Lamians
to
the Name-Worshipping
Heresy.
His article in defence of Name-Worshipping
in
Greek, A Brief
Explanation of Onomatodoxy,
can be found on HOCNA's web site that is dedicated to the heresy of
Name-Worship,
http://www.thewonderfulname.info/2012_10_01_archive.htmlTheother
Greek article in defense of this heresy, The
Name of God as A Sign Spoken Against
appears to be written by Archbishop Makarios. Neither of these two
articles appear on any of the Lamian
sites
and at least two Lamian
hierarchs
and many of their clergy and laity are opposed to the teachings of
these heretics. Nectarios Yashunsky's article can also be found on
Gregory Lourie's site which also includes and icon of
the heretic, Anthony Bulatovic, founder of the Name-Worshippers.
http://www.pravoslav.de/imiaslavie/index.htm

Archbishop
Makarios has also deviated from the Faith by allying himself with the
renovationist, New-Calendar Archimandrite, Fr.
Nektarios Moulatsiotis. Moulatsiotis became world famous in 2002
when he founded the
Freemonks. This
was a rock band namedPaparokades.

By
2005 the monks abandoned Moulatsiotis and monasticism. Moulatsiotis'
dedication to the struggle against Digital
Identity Cards then
became focused on organizing demonstrations against Digital
Identity Cards. He
was joined by Archbishop Makarios in this endeavour. At one of
Moulatsiotis' demonstrations, Archbishop Makarios proclaimed Let
us be united in one fist, New-Calanderists and
Old-Calanderists...today we will not ask if you are with the new or
old calendar but rather if you are with Christ.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fHZP5XKYYY.
Archbishop
Makarios also joined Moulatsiotis in rallies sponsored by the
political group ELKIS http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttkfmX1pYKo

Many of
Archbishop Makarios' unilateral activities are not approved of by the
other hierarchs, clergy and lay people of the Lamian
Synod.
The so-called STATEMENT
OF EUCHARISTIC COMMUNION has
been hidden from those in Greece. Clergy and people in Greece
realize that the term Eucharistic
Communion is
another way of saying Eucharistic
Hospitality.
This heresy was expounded by HOCNA when they justified giving Holy
Communion to the Name-Worshipper,
Gregory Lourie. This heresy was expressed with the words:desire to foster the
oneness that must exist among all Orthodox Christians in the Holy
Body and Blood of our Saviour.

HOCNA
and
the Lamians
are truly sister
churches
in more ways than one.